NELA

Empowering Workers' Rights Attorneys

Jason Duke

Opposes Nomination Of Justin Walker To The United States Court Of Appeals For The DC Circuit

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Re: National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) Opposes Nomination of Justin Walker to the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit

Dear Chair Graham, Ranking Member Feinstein, and Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee:

On behalf of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), and its 4,000 circuit, state, and local affiliate members across the country, we write to express our strong opposition to the confirmation of Judge Justin Walker to the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. NELA is the largest professional membership organization in the country comprised of lawyers who represent workers in labor, employment, and civil rights disputes. Founded in 1985, NELA advances employee rights and serves lawyers who advocate for equality and justice in the American workplace. Our members represent plaintiffs in employment cases in every circuit, including the DC Circuit to which Judge Walker has been nominated. Our members and the thousands of clients they represent afford NELA a unique perspective on how judicial decisions impact the daily lives and the rights of working people.

At the outset, we wish to register our dismay that at this time, the Senate is moving forward with consideration of Mr. … Read More

NELA Lauds U.S. Supreme Court Decision Protecting Workers’ Access to Justice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Terry O’Neill
Executive Director
(415) 296-7629
toneill@nelahq.org

NELA Lauds U.S. Supreme Court Decision Protecting Workers’ Access To Justice

(Oakland, CA) – The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy (The NELA Institute) are thrilled with the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision today in Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis. In holding that Title VII’s charge-filing requirement is not jurisdictional, the Court is ensuring that workers with valid claims will not be denied access to justice because they failed to check a box on a form. Moreover, unscrupulous employers will not be able to delay or wholly avoid accountability late into a lawsuit based on a technicality in the filing paperwork. We congratulate Lois Davis, the plaintiff in the case, and her attorneys at Wright Close & Barger in their important victory for all workers.

NELA and The NELA Institute filed a brief as amici curiae in the case. We express our deep appreciation to Michael L. Foreman and the Penn State Law Civil Rights Appellate Clinic, who served as principal drafters of the brief. Today’s result will help ensure that a harmed employee who has suffered … Read More